"London is the clearing-house of the world."

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Source : Speech at the Guildhall, 19 January 1904, in 'The Times' 20 January 1904

Joseph Chamberlain

#House Quotes #World Quotes #London Quotes

“I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Carle, www.ign.com. April 11, 2012.
“There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.”
“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.”

Source : "Meditations of a Parish Priest" by Philibert Joseph Roux, translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Part 9, LIV, 1886.
“I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.”
“It's fun being on a TV show and not having to wear heels.”
“I still have guilt. I will probably never get rid of that, but yes, I'm free of the compulsion and the driving need to do it I don't think I'm capable of creating anything. I think the only thing I'm capable of is destroying I'm sick and tired of being destructive. What worth is life if you can't be helpful to someone?”
“The only thing you can do is prepare the best you can and then just accept... stuff happens.”

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